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2014 Annual Report Table of Contents Making a Global Impact 2014 Annual Report Table of Contents Letter from the President 2 Strategic Goals 4 Financial Summary 16 On the cover: Donors and Sponsors 18 Students on a geology field trip at Hutton’s Unconformity, on the island of Arran, Scotland. Volunteers 30 This photograph was a submission to AGU’s Postcards from the Field program, which aims to communicate members’ science with a broad audience, demonstrate its importance, and put the research in context. Credit: Simon Redfern AGU 2014 Annual Report | 1 Letter from the President n our interconnected world, the scientific commu- We know one of the greatest ways we, as an organization, can have a global impact is to bring Union Officers 2013–2014 nity is coming together in unprecedented ways to people together. Our Fall Meeting once again attracted a record-breaking number of attendees. address the planet’s most troubling challenges, such Luminaries, including U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Carol Finn as the growing impacts of climate change, predicting Administration Administrator Kathryn Sullivan, spoke to us on the crucial role science plays in President and mitigating natural disasters, promoting space forming policy. We sparked extensive discussion—even outside the Moscone Center—about exploration, and advancing myriad other areas of methane on Mars, sea ice loss, and scores of other subjects that spanned the Earth and space Margaret Leinen Ipromising research. In 2014, AGU focused its energies sciences. Our Science Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., provided leaders a chance to dive President-Elect on ensuring that we too were bringing Earth and space deeper and discuss ways to improve scientific funding and the relationship between the gov- scientists together to have a global impact on exhilarat- ernment and scientific community, and the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, HI, allowed Christine McEntee ing avenues of inquiry underway. experts to discuss the fragility of our oceans, how to improve public engagement, and other Executive Director & CEO thorny issues. You, our 60,000 member-scientists, are leveraging Lisa Tauxe technology to make amazing breakthroughs. With you I am honored to have been at the helm of AGU at this pivotal time of scientific advancement. General Secretary in mind, we are working to make more information As the glue for this diverse community, AGU is looking ahead for opportunities to use our accessible and to build a more interconnected com- resources to have a global impact on complex scientific problems. We want to help you harness Susan Webb munity to help accelerate your work. We revamped our technology to find the breakthroughs buried in the data, fuse ideas coming from your cut- International Secretary weekly print newspaper, Eos, and transformed it into a ting-edge labs, and share with the world the developments you are seeing and achieving in the dynamic website that serves as a digital front door to field. Thank you for your continued support and engagement. Mike McPhaden complement our social media tools and publishing and Past President news platforms—many of which are seeing unprece- dented use and exposure. We unlocked scores of journal articles and made them available for free to anyone with an Internet connection, boosting the research available to scientists in the developing world in particular. We continued to use technology to bring Fall Meeting content to people who could not attend in person, with more than 500 recordings available online Union Officers 2015–2016 and 3800 ePosters submitted. Nearly 200 journalists reported on the Fall Meeting, which has become a must-cover news event, and they produced more than 4500 original news stories Margaret Leinen Margaret Leinen that reached millions around the globe. Each of these initiatives, and many others, boosted our AGU President, 2015–2016 President global reach in support of scientific advancement. Eric A. Davidson We’re also working to identify the challenges facing the international scientific community and President-Elect what can be done to alleviate them. AGU’s leadership commissioned its first Scientific Trends Task Force, which surveyed AGU members and non-members about challenges facing their Christine McEntee disciplines. The task force of 23 leaders in their fields gathered new insights about a dozen Executive Director & CEO different trends and challenges across the sciences, ranging from data management to climate change to the growing demands on science from society. AGU will use these findings, which Louise Pellerin will be updated periodically, to help guide the development and growth of programs and ini- General Secretary tiatives to support its membership and help advance Earth and space science research around the world. Susan Webb International Secretary Carol Finn Past President 2 | Making a Global Impact AGU 2014 Annual Report | 3 Mission Members at a Glance The purpose of the American Geophysical Union is to promote Section & Focus Groups discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. 14% | Atmospheric Sciences • The official 2014 year-end AGU membership is 59,443. The 2013 year-end membership was 62,982. 12% | Hydrology • In 2014 22% of AGU members were students. Of the 72% classified as regular members, 1% were Associate Members, and 5% were Life Members. Vision 11% | Ocean Sciences • The 2014 year-end gender distribution is 26% Female, 72% Male, and AGU galvanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that 2% chose not to answer or data were unavailable. 7% | Volcanology, Geochemistry collaboratively advances and communicates science and its & Petrology • AGU members resided in 139 countries in 2014. | Space Physics & Aeronomy power to ensure a sustainable future. 6% | Biogeosciences REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKDOWN | Seismology 5% | No Data Strategic Goals | Tectonophysics 4% <1% <1% 2% <1% CANADA CENTRAL AND EASTERN LATIN AMERICA MIDDLE EAST AND Scientific Leadership and Collaboration 4% | Planetary Sciences SOUTH AFRICA EUROPE AND CARIBBEAN NORTH AFRICA | Global Environmental Change The American Geophysical Union is a leader, collaborator, and sought after partner for scientific innovation, rigor, and interdisciplinary focus on global issues. 3% | Paleoceanography 12% 61% 17% 3% & Paleoclimatology SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WESTERN WESTERN Science and Society ASIA AND TERRITORIES EUROPE PACIFIC | Earth & Planetary The American Geophysical Union engages members, shapes policy, 3% Surface Processes and informs society about the excitement of Earth and space science and its role in developing solutions for the sustainability of the planet. AGU MEMBERSHIP AGE BREAKDOWN 2% | Cryosphere Sciences Talent Pool | Geodesy | Geomagnetism 33% The American Geophysical Union is a diverse and inclusive organiza- & Paleomognetism 27% tion that uses its position to build the global talent pool in Earth and | Natural Hazards space science. 17% 1% | Earth & Space Science Informatics 15% Organizational Excellence | Mineral & Rock Physics | Near Surface Geophysics As a scientific society, the American Geophysical Union operates with- | Societal Impacts & Policy Sciences in a new business model that is sustainable, transparent, and inclusive | Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior 4% 4% in ways that are responsive to members and stakeholders. | Atmospheric & Space Electricity Average Age: 45.2 | Nonlinear Geophysics Under 30 30–44 45–59 60–74 75+ No Data 4 | Making a Global Impact AGU 2014 Annual Report | 5 Scientific Leadership and Collaboration GU set its sights on knowing more and sharing more in 2014, envisioning break- throughs and helping create the framework to attain them within the worldwide Earth and space science community. As part of its wide-ranging efforts, AGU initiated the inaugural Scientific Trends Task Force that surveyed the entire AGU membership as well as non-members on trends in their disciplines. The results: our diverse community shares 12 common challenges, including the pervasive Aimpact of climate change, challenges posed by globalization in science, and the need to store and use massive troves of data. These trends represent opportunities for AGU to help lead through its programmatic efforts in meetings, publications, honors and recognition, and affili- ations with other organizations. Given the success of this effort, AGU will update the scientific trends profile at least every three years, examining current, near-term, and long-term scientific issues and trends across the Earth and space sciences. A Publishing Leader 2014 Scientific Trends Survey The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has initiated a survey to help identify recent and emerging trends across Earth and space science, and we invite your participation. AGU continues to be the industry leader in Earth and space science publishing. AGU journal Your input can range from descriptions of important new methods or articles saw record reach and use in 2014, and its publications continued to demonstrate the datasets in your field, to the identification of emergent scientific issues, to challenges that will face our community over the course of the time- fastest publication times across all Earth and space science publications. frames specified. A summary report and findings will be shared with the entire Earth and space science community later in 2014. The organization also expanded access to AGU publications by making all articles published Please help AGU and the Earth and space science community by taking
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